United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1993-09-29 monographic deposited born digital 60 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-93-198 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-93-198 P0b002ee1803a5ad1 f:ns93198 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-93-198 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-93-198 NSIAD-93-198 Computer software Defense procurement Computerized information systems Systems management Systems evaluation Benchmark testing Research and development Systems analysis Procurement policies F-14D Aircraft F/A-18C/D Aircraft Airborne Self-Protection Jammer ASPJ F-15E Aircraft Air Force Consolidated Space Operations Center Navy Consolidated Automated Support System Army Regency Net DOD Software Master Plan Army Interoperability Network Navy Total Quality Leadership Plan Chapter Report NSIAD

Most of the Pentagon's software costs, estimated to hit $42 billion by 1995, are linked to the maintaining, upgrading, and modifying of existing computer systems. Many of today's sophisticated weapons systems cannot operate without fully functioning software. Because software mistakes can have dire, even life-threatening, consequences, software-intensive weapons systems must be thoroughly tested before production. This report discusses (1) the extent to which software problems affect the performance of weapons systems being tested, (2) pervasive barriers in the acquisition process that limit the effectiveness of test and evaluation of software-intensive systems, and (3) the Defense Department's efforts to overcome software test and evaluation problems. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-93-198/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-93-198.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-93-198/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-93-198.pdf GAO/NSIAD-93-198 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-93-198 Chapter Report GAO/NSIAD-93-198; Test and Evaluation: DOD Has Been Slow In Improving Testing of Software-Intensive Systems; Computer software Defense procurement Computerized information systems Systems management Systems evaluation Benchmark testing Research and development Systems analysis Procurement policies F-14D Aircraft F/A-18C/D Aircraft Airborne Self-Protection Jammer ASPJ F-15E Aircraft Air Force Consolidated Space Operations Center Navy Consolidated Automated Support System Army Regency Net DOD Software Master Plan Army Interoperability Network Navy Total Quality Leadership Plan Title 31 Section 720 31 U.S.C. 720